Tragic consequences of a civil war
The Night of Truth DVD exemplifies the tragic aftermath of African civil wars on its people. Memories and recollections of the unjustified killings,amputations,mutilation and other horrors of the war can be an exceedingly difficult and painful challenge for both opponents after the war when peace,forgiveness and reconciliation become the issue to tackle which is absolutely necessary for the rehabilitation,stabilization and reconstruction of their country. This recollection of atrocities committed is an extremely difficult challenge particularly to those who lost their loved ones during the conflict,let alone when they find themselves face to face with the perpetrators of the ghastly deed committed on their friends or family. Forgive or not forgive, forgive and forget,forgive but not forget,etc,in a variety of "flavors" affront the victims of the war. The French language with English subtitles just makes this movie more authentic,more interesting and more true-to-life. That is how we...
Memorable, brutal, as a murderer begs forgiveness.
This 2004 film is not for the light-hearted, as it deals with the horrific atrocities happened through the last ten years with two different groups of people in Africa. And more recently, there was a brutal slaughter of people one night. The two groups in the African country the Nayak and the Bonandés, will come together one night for a celebration of peace, and we follow the activities in preparation for the celebration, anticipating peace after a decade.
Forgiveness
The wife of the President of the Nayak national army, Edna is not forgiving person, haunted by the knowledge that her young son was horrifically murdered by cutting off his testicles and stuffing them in his mouth. She feels her dead son is not at rest until his death is avenged. Will she, and can she forgive as she confronts the man who begs her forgiveness that he horrifically murdered her son?
The film is tense, and you cannot help but watch the entire length, as the events unfold,...
the light beyond the endless night
Subtly directed, beautifully written, breathtakingly executed. "The Night of the Truth" (La nuit de la vérité) is a fictional story of two ethnic groups who are sawing the seeds of reconciliation after a ten year civil war. But it could very well be the real story of Rwanda, Burundi, Sierra Leone or Liberia. Possibly conceived for an African audience by the rising African director Fanta Régina Nacro, the message behind the movie is simple and considerate: an African solution for an Africa problem is what can and will work best for the African people.
The storyline is simple. The movie starts at dawn the day in which a reconciliation pact will be signed between two fictional ethnic groups the Bonandé and the Nayak. The camera acts as a silent intruder in the lives of the two main actors and orchestrators of the war: the Nayak president (Adama Ouédraougo) and the Bonandé rebel leader, Colonel Theo (Commandant Moussa Cissé)...
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